Claude Sonnet 4.6
Balanced Claude model for coding, analysis, agent workflows, and cost control
Context
1,000,000
Max output
128,000
Input / 1M
$3.00
Output / 1M
$15.00
Providers
3
01Profile
Profile
Released
2026-02-17
Last updated
2026-03-13
Knowledge cutoff
2025-08-31
Weights
Closed
02Capabilities
Capabilities
Input
text · image · pdf
Output
text
Reasoning
Yes
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
Yes
Attachments
Yes
Cache read
—
Cache write
—
03Pricing
Pricing across 3 providers
Per 1M tokens, USD. Sorted by input price. First-party row highlighted.
04History
Change history
12+ recent events since 2026-02-17
2026-09-02ContextcortecsMax output1,000,000→ 128,000
2026-08-05Price cutcortecsinput / 1M$3.59→ $3.20
2026-08-05Price cutcortecsoutput / 1M$17.92→ $15.94
2026-08-05ContextcortecsContext window1,000,000→ new
2026-08-03ContextdigitaloceanContext window1,000,000→ 200,000
2026-08-03ContextdigitaloceanMax output64,000→ 8,192
2026-07-09Contextsap-ai-coreContext window1,000,000→ new
2026-07-09Contextsap-ai-coreMax output64,000→ new
2026-04-17Addeddigitaloceanoffering→ new
2026-03-21Addedcortecsoffering→ new
2026-03-16Contextsap-ai-coreContext window200,000→ 1,000,000
2026-02-26Addedsap-ai-coreoffering→ new